21 Central Luzon cops found with bogus civil service eligibility

PAMPANGA, Philippines – Twenty-one police officers assigned in various areas of Central Luzon have been found to have submitted bogus civil service eligibility when they applied to the police force.

In an emailed statement on Thursday, February 25, Chief Superintendent Rudy Lacadin, Police Regional Office 3 director in Camp Olivas in this province, said the 21 policemen were discovered “to have submitted fraudulent Civil Service Commission (CSC) eligibility when they applied for the Philippine National Police from 2010 to 2015.”

Right after the discovery of their fake civil service eligibility recently, Lacadin said 10 of the police officers resigned, one went absent-without-leave, while the remaining 10 were assigned to the Regional Holding Administrative Unit while undergoing “pre-charge evaluation.”

Lacadin did not name the 21 police officers. He said, however, that most of them were assigned in Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, and Olongapo City.

The Central Luzon police director said he already ordered the chief of the PRO3 Human Resource and Personnel Division to carefully scrutinize all documents submitted by applicants, particularly those coming from the Civil Service Commission and the National Police Commission, to prevent further fraudulent enlistment.

He said the police continue to “weed out hoodlums and punish the undisciplined” within the organization by strict application of applicable rules and regulations.

A CSC Professional eligibility qualifies a police applicant to apply directly with the Philippine National Police without taking and passing the Napolcom entrance examination. – Rappler.com